Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sang-woon Lee

Heung-sup Jeong

Woo-chul Jung

Eun-sang Park

Jin-kyu Yang

An image forming apparatus includes a main body unit which has an image forming unit; a door unit which couples with the main body unit to open and close the main body unit, and has a projection at one side thereof; a mid-transfer unit which couples with the door unit; a coupling knob which is provided in the main body unit and rotates in cooperation with pressure of the projection when the door unit is closed; and a coupling apparatus which is provided in the main body and transmits a driving force from the main body unit to the mid-transfer unit in cooperation with the rotation of the coupling knob.

Coupling apparatus and image forming apparatus employing the same

There is provided an image forming apparatus including a case having a first door and a second door. An image forming unit is arranged inside the case and a switch which supplies or suspends electricity to the image forming unit. The first door includes a pusher to press the switch. When the first door and the second door are closed, the second door presses the pusher, which in turn presses the switch to supply electricity to the image forming unit.

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Seoul, South Korea

Sang-woon Lee